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Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

$66.35
-0.85 (-1.26%)
(As of 12/6/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$66.20
$68.11
50-Day Range
$61.69
$75.13
52-Week Range
$55.62
$79.66
Volume
1.17 million shs
Average Volume
1.29 million shs
Market Capitalization
$10.36 billion
P/E Ratio
2,212.40
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$79.06

CDAY vs. NTNX, PAYC, DBX, U, OKTA, TWLO, PCTY, MSTR, GWRE, and CYBR

Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Nutanix (NTNX), Paycom Software (PAYC), Dropbox (DBX), Unity Software (U), Okta (OKTA), Twilio (TWLO), Paylocity (PCTY), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Guidewire Software (GWRE), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Ceridian HCM vs.

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

Ceridian HCM has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nutanix. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nutanix$1.86B5.76-$254.56M-$0.79-56.65
Ceridian HCM$1.25B8.31-$73.40M$0.032,212.40

Nutanix currently has a consensus price target of $49.45, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Ceridian HCM has a consensus price target of $79.06, suggesting a potential upside of 19.15%. Given Nutanix's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ceridian HCM is more favorable than Nutanix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nutanix
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Ceridian HCM
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Nutanix received 345 more outperform votes than Ceridian HCM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.10% of users gave Nutanix an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Ceridian HCM an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NutanixOutperform Votes
644
69.10%
Underperform Votes
288
30.90%
Ceridian HCMOutperform Votes
299
57.39%
Underperform Votes
222
42.61%

Nutanix has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Nutanix had 26 more articles in the media than Ceridian HCM. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Nutanix and 11 mentions for Ceridian HCM. Nutanix's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Ceridian HCM's score of 0.67 indicating that Ceridian HCM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nutanix
8 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ceridian HCM
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ceridian HCM has a net margin of 0.28% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of -9.33%. Nutanix's return on equity of 2.03% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nutanix-9.33% N/A -4.26%
Ceridian HCM 0.28%2.03%0.51%

78.7% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Nutanix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ceridian HCM beats Nutanix on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDAY vs. The Competition

MetricCeridian HCMPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.36B$22.89B$16.63B$15.72B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%2.73%3.66%
P/E Ratio2,212.4070.32249.2226.15
Price / Sales8.317.55510.476.08
Price / Cash154.7072.1229.0115.64
Price / Book4.7814.938.766.54
Net Income-$73.40M$336.30M$527.02M$899.95M
7 Day Performance-3.70%1.33%0.88%4.02%
1 Month Performance0.48%5.47%4.54%10.77%
1 Year Performance5.87%17.43%16.73%6.36%

Ceridian HCM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTNX
Nutanix
2.3016 of 5 stars
$44.75
+0.6%
$49.45
+10.5%
+47.1%$10.72B$1.86B-56.656,450
PAYC
Paycom Software
3.0912 of 5 stars
$182.12
-2.2%
$273.12
+50.0%
-40.7%$10.97B$1.38B31.136,349
DBX
Dropbox
1.9473 of 5 stars
$28.33
+0.1%
$29.14
+2.9%
+23.6%$9.80B$2.32B17.823,118Positive News
U
Unity Software
2.0297 of 5 stars
$31.27
-4.2%
$37.80
+20.9%
-8.2%$11.88B$2.03B-13.487,703Insider Selling
Gap Up
OKTA
Okta
2.4344 of 5 stars
$72.69
+0.3%
$86.86
+19.5%
+19.5%$11.92B$1.86B-25.426,013Analyst Revision
TWLO
Twilio
1.9579 of 5 stars
$68.39
+1.3%
$69.27
+1.3%
+49.8%$12.38B$3.83B-14.343,605Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
PCTY
Paylocity
3.2465 of 5 stars
$152.39
-3.4%
$225.75
+48.1%
-23.2%$8.56B$1.17B59.306,100Positive News
MSTR
MicroStrategy
1.5741 of 5 stars
$577.50
+2.5%
$444.00
-23.1%
+191.0%$8.39B$499.26M447.672,152Analyst Report
Insider Selling
GWRE
Guidewire Software
1.8304 of 5 stars
$102.19
+2.1%
$98.36
-3.7%
+73.5%$8.37B$905.34M-75.703,415
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.7373 of 5 stars
$203.90
-0.2%
$196.73
-3.5%
+46.0%$8.37B$591.71M-86.402,768Analyst Upgrade

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